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Completed Projects

S.No. Title Funding Agency
1 Spiral Dx: Tremor diagnosis and quantification using artificial intelligence DBT
2 Molecular analysis of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA) disorders ICMR
3 Genetic Architecture of Parkinson’s disease in India Michael J Fox Foundation, USA
4 Spectrum of Genetic mutations and their association with clinical Phenotypes of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ICMR
5 Investigating the effects of age of onset on the structural connectome in essential tremor through High Angular Resolution Diffusion MRI DBT
6 Advanced Network Analysis of the Structural Connectome of human brain DST-SERB
7 Susceptibility of brain white matter to inflammatory mediators in Parkinson’s disease: An exploratory DTI study DST-SERB
8 Next generation sequencing to investigate mitochondrial mutation spectrum in movement disorders DST-SERB
9 The Indian Movement Disorder Registry and Biobank: Clinical and genetic evaluation of movement disorders in Indian patients DBT
10 Characterization and functional validation of Huntington’s disease modifiers influencing disease progression and manifestation : a cross-species approach DST-SERB
11 Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells and midbrain floor plate cells from Indian ethnicity Parkinson’s disease patients PACE scheme of BIRAC
12 Effect of deep brain stimulation on speech of patients with Parkinson’s Disease NIMHANS
13 A multicentre, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the effects of intra erythrocyte dexamethasone sodium phosphate on neurological symptoms in patients with ataxia telangiectasia ERYDEL SpA
14 Can cortical excitability changes predict the onset of cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease? DST-CSRI
15 Protein biomarker discovery for Parkinson’s disease Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance
16 Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers to differentiate between Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple System Atrophy-Parkinsonism, and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ICMR
17 Identification and validation of biomarkers for Parkinsonian syndromes with cognitive impairment ICMR
18 Genetic, Proteomic and Advanced Neuroimaging correlates of Spinocerebellar ataxia 2 NIMHANS
19 Identification of biomarkers for psychosis in Parkinson’s disease by retinal imaging, genetic polymorphism studies and neuropsychological profiling NIMHANS
20 Assessment of Brain Plasticity Induced by Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patient with Movement Disorder Using Resting Brain Networks and Connectivity DST
21 Exploring subclinical cerebellar dysfunction in patients with essential tremor, primary writing tremor and writer’s cramp by quantitative characterization of ocular movements and eye-hand coordination and advanced neuroimaging techniques. DBT
22 Gray and white matter correlates of REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder and psychosis in Parkinson’s Disease ICMR
23 Role of Metals in the Etiopathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease DBT
24 Glucocerebrosidase mutation in Parkinson’s Disease DBT
25 Genetics of movement disorders:  Genotype-phenotype correlates in ataxias and Huntington’s disease ICMR
26 Genotypic-phenotypic correlation of Spinocerebellar Ataxias ICMR